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Scores
Standings
BOS
@CHW		0
3
PHA
@CLE		12
5
NYY
@DET		1
3		 
(6)
WSH
@SLB		9
7		 
(11)
CIN
@BRO		1
2
PIT
@BSN		2
9
STL
@NYG		5
7
CHC
@PHI		1
5
CHC
@PHI		17
6
Saturday, May 16, 1931,
, League Park II
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:40
Athletics
12
15-7
⇐ Won 8 ⇒
 at Indians
5
12-14
⇐ Lost 8 ⇒
W: Lefty Grove (4-1)
L: Fay Thomas (0-3)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       0  0  0   0  0  3   0  6  3   12 20  1
Indians         1  0  1   0  0  2   0  0  1    5 12  3

Philadelphia Athletics

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Max Bishop 2B 6 1 3 3 0 0 .282 .796 2 2 HR
Mule Haas CF 6 1 1 0 0 1 .264 .697 1 0
Mickey Cochrane C 4 2 3 0 2 0 .372 1.025 7 1 2B
Al Simmons LF 6 2 3 2 0 0 .414 1.228 3 0 2·2B
Jimmie Foxx 1B 5 1 1 1 1 2 .236 .704 4 0
Bing Miller RF 6 2 3 1 0 0 .218 .615 6 0
Jimmy Dykes 3B 4 1 2 2 1 0 .247 .705 0 2 2·2B,HBP
Joe Boley SS 6 1 2 3 0 0 .177 .488 4 2 2B
Lefty Grove P 5 1 2 0 0 3 .167 .333 0 0
Team Totals 48 12 20 12 4 6 .417 1.076 27 7
2B: M Cochrane (5); A Simmons 2 (5); J Dykes 2 (6); J Boley (4).
HR: M Bishop (1).
HBP: J Dykes (1).
TB: M Bishop 6; A Simmons 5; M Cochrane 4; J Dykes 4; B Miller 3; J Boley 3; L Grove 2; M Haas; J Foxx.
RBI: M Bishop 3 (5); J Boley 3 (4); A Simmons 2 (28); J Dykes 2 (9); B Miller (6); J Foxx (14).
Team LOB: 14.
Fielding
DP: 1. J Dykes-M Bishop-J Foxx.
E: M Cochrane (1).

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Johnny Burnett SS 4 3 2 0 1 1 .303 .770 1 1 2B
Lew Fonseca 1B 4 0 2 0 1 0 .370 .919 9 0 SB
Earl Averill CF 5 0 3 2 0 0 .372 .965 3 0 2B
Johnny Hodapp 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 .298 .679 3 5
Joe Vosmik LF 5 1 1 0 0 2 .306 .820 1 0 2B
Bob Seeds RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .174 .391 3 0 2B
George Detore 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .235 .675 0 1 CS
Luke Sewell C 2 0 1 0 2 0 .325 .899 7 0 3B
Willis Hudlin P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .188 .375 0 2
   Fay Thomas P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0
   Mel Harder P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 0 0
   Belve Bean P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
   Ed Morgan PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .158 .483
   Howard Craghead P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 37 5 12 4 4 7 .324 .877 27 9
2B: B Seeds (1); J Burnett (3); J Vosmik (9); E Averill (8).
3B: L Sewell (2).
TB: E Averill 4; L Sewell 3; J Burnett 3; L Fonseca 2; G Detore 2; B Seeds 2; J Vosmik 2.
RBI: E Averill 2 (26); G Detore (1); B Seeds (2).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
E: J Burnett (7); J Vosmik (1); G Detore (1).
Baserunning
SB: L Fonseca (3, -1st base off  POCS).
CS: G Detore (1, -1st base by  POCS).

Philadelphia Athletics

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Lefty Grove, W (4-1) 9 12 5 4 4 7 0 2.63 41 48
Team Totals 9 12 5 4 4 7 0 4.00 41 48

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Willis Hudlin 5.1 8 3 3 1 2 0 4.11 26 41
Fay Thomas, L (0-3) 2 5 3 3 2 3 1 4.95 13
Mel Harder 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 5.82 4
Belve Bean 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.75 2
Howard Craghead 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 6.35 8
Team Totals 9 20 12 11 4 6 1 11.00 53 41
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: W Hudlin (1).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Dick Nallin, 1B - Brick Owens, 2B - (none), 3B - Red Ormsby.
Time of Game: 2:40.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Philadelphia Athletics         Cleveland Indians
1 Max Bishop 2B 1 Johnny Burnett SS
2 Mule Haas CF 2 Lew Fonseca 1B
3 Mickey Cochrane C 3 Earl Averill CF
4 Al Simmons LF 4 Johnny Hodapp 2B
5 Jimmie Foxx 1B 5 Joe Vosmik LF
6 Bing Miller RF 6 Bob Seeds RF
7 Jimmy Dykes 3B 7 George Detore 3B
8 Joe Boley SS 8 Luke Sewell C
9 Lefty Grove P 9 Willis Hudlin P

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